Odisha News
➡️ Bhubaneswar reports 68 more COVID positive cases & 93 recoveries in the last 24 hours including 60 local contact cases and 8 quarantine cases.
➡️ 170 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases of Odisha now stand at 1043045.
➡️ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 1 crore for establishment of Mission Shakti Bhawan in all districts.
➡️ All Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) card holders in Odisha will get livelihood assistance of Rs 1000 each.
➡️ Akhil Kumar Mishra assumes charge as Additional Director General (ADG) of Regional Outreach Bureau, Bhubaneswar.
➡️ Policy to pay Pensions to Journalists to be implemented soon, says Manas Mangaraj, Media Advisor To Odisha Government.
India News
➡️ Terrorists shot at a person at Eidgah area of Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir. More details awaited.
➡️ Omicron Scare: Christmas, New Year celebrations banned in Delhi.
➡️ Punjab Government issues orders that no salary would be given to government employees without vaccination certificates.
➡️ IT department conducts searches on Chinese mobile and Fintech companies across country.
➡️ President Ram Nath Kovind witnessed the operational demonstration by the Southern Naval Command in Kochi.
➡️ Hockey India wins Bronze medal at Asian Champions Trophy 2021 after beating Pakistan 4-3 in third-place play-off match.
➡️ Rupee rises 5 paise to close at 75.54 (provisional) against US dollar.
➡️ Sensex surges 611.55 pts to end at 56,930.56, Nifty jumps 184.60 pts to 16,955.45.
World News
➡️ Japan reports 1st community spread of Omicron variant.
➡️ India hands over 10 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Myanmar Red Cross Society.
➡️ US secret service says nearly $100 billion stolen from Covid-19 relief funds.
➡️ China finally faces accountability for rights of Uyghurs.
➡️ Israel will administer fourth Covid shot to people over 60.